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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / August 2004A new Post about skin
Here is what I know. The younger the weight loss the better your chances of things tightening up. Exercise and toning is always going to help. You haven't have had to loose 100 pounds to have the problem. What I want to know is there anything else, short of surgery, to help. If there are creams to the face, assuming they work, is there a body cream? Are there vitamins that would help? Are there foods high in something that would help? Any ideas from someone in the know? This has become high on my interest list because I broke my foot last weekend and the crutches are pinching the hell out of the lose skin under my arms. Not that anything can be done at this point to help that mind you. MJ > Here is what I know. The younger the weight loss the better your chances of > things tightening up. Exercise and toning is always going to help. You What is toning? > haven't have had to loose 100 pounds to have the problem. What I > want to know is there anything else, short of surgery, to help. If [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > under my arms. Not that anything can be done at this point to help > that mind you. Sorry to hear about the crutches... I looked for solutions for this problem (to help my relative), and could not find anything that works. Stretched skin happens not only due to weight loss. i My thoughts on toning is doing things like arm circles and the such. It is probably considered exercise but that was what I was thinking. > > Here is what I know. The younger the weight loss the better your chances of > > things tightening up. Exercise and toning is always going to help. You [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > i > My thoughts on toning is doing things like arm circles and the such. It is > probably considered exercise but that was what I was thinking. I see. It does not shrink the skin, but if you get bigger muscles, you may have less excess skin. The word toning usually applies to women oriented sales pitches featuring well tanned young ladies, and is based on the assumption that women are averse to lifting heavy objects. Try this link: http://tinyurl.com/47bdd i You may have a great unintended point "i". Things are suposed to appear smaller if they are darker right? Maybe I "should" hit a tanning salon :) :) !! > > My thoughts on toning is doing things like arm circles and the such. It is > > probably considered exercise but that was what I was thinking. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > i > You may have a great unintended point "i". Things are suposed to appear > smaller if they are darker right? Maybe I "should" hit a tanning salon :) :) > !! Careful that excessive tanning is bad for the skin, especially for its elasticity... Tanning might actually make things worse, especially as you age... > Here is what I know. The younger the weight loss the better your > chances of things tightening up. Exercise and toning is always going [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > under my arms. Not that anything can be done at this point to help > that mind you. I've posted this link before: http://www.bodyfatguide.com/LooseSkin.htm  SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >I've posted this link before: >http://www.bodyfatguide.com/LooseSkin.htm Interesting...my lowest low has been 104.5 pounds, and I still had "extra skin"; this gentleman would suggest I that I lose more body fat. I won't contradict him...even then, I still carry some fat...but I would like to say that he's the only guy out there that I've found that would support in this particular 5 ft 3 in woman a weight low enough to lose all the "fat" (stretched skin) he claims I have. I also have what I think of as "old lady skin" -- a little skin hanging loose at the tops of my arms and legs with no fat at all in it. I'd be curious how he'd address that, under his theory. It's extra fat. Wait! There's no "fat" to it.... beeswing > Interesting...my lowest low has been 104.5 pounds, and I still had "extra > skin"; this gentleman would suggest I that I lose more body fat. I won't > contradict him...even then, I still carry some fat...but I would like to say > that he's the only guy out there that I've found that would support in this > particular 5 ft 3 in woman a weight low enough to lose all the "fat" (stretched > skin) he claims I have. Same here, I have a fifty-sth lady in my neighborhood who is either annorexic or has cancer/AIDS whatever. Anyway, I estimate her as around 1m75 and 40kg, maybe less. I suspect most of her body fat left to lose is in her brain. She has very visible knee and shoulder articulations (like, you can see the little details of the bone structure under the skin) and also visible bones on the arms. Very little visible muscles too, though I guess she has enough left to move around (somewhat, she lacks stability and she is very slow). Nevertheless, she has very lose and wrinkled skin. I don't think the "solution" for her would be to lose some extra pounds. >> Interesting...my lowest low has been 104.5 pounds, and I still had "extra >> skin"; this gentleman would suggest I that I lose more body fat. I won't [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >very slow). Nevertheless, she has very lose and wrinkled skin. I don't think >the "solution" for her would be to lose some extra pounds. Yep. My mother, who is 88, has lots of loose, saggy flesh. She is also 107 lbs. at 5'6". The last thing she needs to do is lose weight. (Actually, she tells me she's down to 102 after her hip replacement surgery last month, but I'm hoping we can get her back up a bit.) And I'm sure I have some fat along with my loose flesh, but I know that if I lose more weight only part will come from this fat, and the rest will be muscle that I prefer to keep. So, no thanks. Chris (age 56) 262/143/ (145-150) >I've posted this link before: >http://www.bodyfatguide.com/LooseSkin.htm I'm amused by his disclaimer: By viewing the web pages on bodyfatguide.com, you agree to be solely responsible for any adverse effects on your health that results from the application of the information on this web site. ~Kat "help is on the way" ~John Kerry |
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